Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-06-11

fruit Of different varieties for family use :
The knowledge of the productive capacity !
of an acre of developed trees was not so |
great as now, and when the trees came into
bearing and the family had eaten all they
could, and the neighbors had carried away
all they wanted, there were tons and tons
left. He has rented this y acres for
cash rental of 81 900 per year, for the past
seven or eight years. Now he is en-
larging the area Of his orchard and event
ually he will put the whole two hundred
acres out to trees and vines.
AN EIGHTy-AcRE ORCHARD.
Two and one-half miles northwest Of
Yuba City, Frank Starr has lO5 acres
in vines and fruit-trees. Twenty-Five
acres are devoted to vines, and so acres to
fruit trees. His vines are now four wears
old, and he has Muscatel, Zinfandel and
Seedless Sultanas. These vine-growths are
large and healthy, and promise to be very
profitable. He has . acres OF four-year-
old apricots = Moorpark and Royals, 10
acres in Bartlett pears, II acres in French,
Hungarian and Silver prunes, 6 acres in
Golden Drop plums, and 20 acres il
peaches, of the earliest varieties.
One mile from the town limit of the
county seat is one of the most promising
young orchards in the State. 1t contains
l02 acres, and is the property of Judge J.
5. Stabler, of Iuba City 1t is sur
rounded by rabbit-tight fence In Jan
uary, 1885, the ground was all a stubble
field, and now, in less than thirty months,
it is forest of fruit trees. He has erected
comfortable house and barns fruit
houses and other outbuildings, and the
whole place is under perfect cultivation
He has 1000 peach trees, equally divided
between the following varieties Susque-
hanna, Salway, Pequitti's Late Foster,
Georges Late, Kanady Cling, McKibbett's
Cling, Bucks Prolific, Wager and Muir.
He has 1000 prune trees, of the Petite
dAgen; 1000 apricots, Blenheim, Smiths
Triumph and Royal 1000 nectarines,
Boston and New White; 500 yellow
plums, 100 Washington plums, l00 Fallen
burg plums, 100 Goes Golden Drop plums,
100 silver prunes, 60 japanese persimmons,
and several hundred White Adriatic figs.
Judge Stabler has pruned the branches of
his trees back so as to get more root and
trunk, but this year they viii produce
quite crop. 1t is fine place, and prom
ises to be one of the best orchards in the
State.
E. G. Stabler, brother of the Judge.
has 1872 acres of land adjoining, on which
he has go acres of trees of about the same
varieties as in the Judges orchard His
trees look well and show the same great
care and skill
THE ABBoTT-PHILI.IPs ORCHARD.
Ten or twelve miles down the Feather
river is the largest orchard in Suffer
county, and probably north of Sacramento
city, except the great orchard of General
Bidwell in Butte county. Mr.. Abbott has
in all, about 1000 acres of land. His
home place embraces 420 acres of as rich
land as there is in the Sacramento valley.
1t was once all covered with giant oaks.
natures certificate of the best soil. This
place is now all in fruit trees and vines.
but mostly fruit trees He has 60 acres Of
four-year old peach trees. y acres three
year-old peach trees, 13S acres of two-year-
old peach trees 80 acres of one-vear-oId
peach trees, in all 260 acres of land planted
IN peaches; 20 acres two-year-old pIums.
~ acres two-year old-prunes, 40 acres two
years-old Bartlett pears, 10 acres one-year-
old Bartlett pears % acres one and two
two-year-old apricots. He has So acres
vineyard, of which 20 acres are in the
white Muscat of Alexandria, and so acres
are in Zinfandel and other wine grapes. 10
acres In two-year-old cherry trees. and
800 pecan trees, English walnuts trees and
sweet chestnut trees. Beside these, he has
an old orchard with large variety of fruit
trees. 1t would not be true perhaps to
say these trees are
THE LARGEST GROWTH OF THEIR AGE
On the Pacific coast, but it would be true
that there are not 400 acres of trees that
are any larger and more uniform. One
great objection to putting land into
orchards on the part of grain-raisers has
been, and now is, that so many years use
OF the land is lost before the trees come
into bearing or give return. Messrs.
Abbott and Phillips have removed this OBJ
lection. Two and one-half years ago the
writer of this article had horses pasturing
on an alfalfa field of Mr. Abbott's. Now
1t IS covered with large thrifty peach trees
that almost completely shade the ground,
and which will yield crop of peaches this
season worth 500 to the acre. 1t is con-
coded by all that Mr. Abbott's efforts and
expenditures in planting and growing this
orchard has enhanced the value Of all the
land in his portion of the county very
considerably. Although the orchard is
young it is well worth a visit to see. There
are many more young orchards which have
been put out since the fruit era COM
menced, and they are well worth visit
and description, but the want of time and
space forbids.
FINE RURAL HOMES.
lnSutter county, from the eastern bound
AIRY to the Sacramento, there are a success
sion of fine farms, with elegant residences,
large roomy barns, corrals and outbuild-
ings. In no part of the State are the far
mers apparently so prosperous, and live in
such fine well-furnished houses. Almost
every house has its piano, is filed with
fine furniture and paintings, and every
farmer has his own light buggy and car
riage for his family. In proof of this the
assessment roll show that the farmers own
more than 200 pianos and more than 200
buggies and carriages We think this show
ing Is unequaled in any other section of
the same area in the United States.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
From Yuba City to every part of the
county there are good roads, Almost every
section has road on its four sides. There
are two large, strong, durable bridges
across Feather river, one on the road to
Marysville and the other on the
Nicolaus road An immense amount of